3 Aug 2021 07:00
03 August 2021
CentralNic Group plc
Directors' Dealings
CentralNic Group plc (LSE:CNIC, "Company" or "CNIC") received notification on the 02 August 2021 from Kestrel Partners LLP ("Kestrel") that on 30 July 2021 it purchased, on behalf of its discretionary client accounts, an aggregate of 6,000 ordinary shares of £0.001 each ("Shares") in the Company at an average price of £0.963 per share.
Mr Royde is a partner of, and holds a beneficial interest in, Kestrel. Mr Royde is also a shareholder in Kestrel Opportunities and is therefore deemed to have a beneficial interest in Kestrel Opportunities' entire legal holding in CNIC.
Following this transaction, Kestrel Opportunities holds (and consequently Mr Royde is deemed to have a beneficial interest in) 17,926,535 Shares in the Company, and other clients of Kestrel, in which Mr Royde has no beneficial interest hold 38,760,044 Shares in the Company.
On a combined basis, Kestrel indirectly holds voting rights over 56,686,579 Shares in the Company, which represents 22.57 per cent of the Company's issued share capital.
Kestrel's interest in the Shares in the Company is held through the following nominees:
Holding type | Nominee | No. of shares | % of issued share capital |
Indirect | Bank of New York Nominees Ltd | 17,926,535 | 7.14% |
Indirect | JIM Nominees Limited | 1,721,610 | 0.69% |
Indirect | Bank of New York Nominees Ltd | 24,042,291 | 9.57% |
Indirect | CB NYK - CITIBANK N.A.-PRIVATE BK | 12,996,143 | 5.17% |
On the same date it received notification from Don Baladasan ("Mr Baladasan"), that on 30 July 2021 he sold an aggregate of 165,000 Shares in the Company at an average price of £0.97 per share. Mr Baladasan is an executive director of the Company. Following this transaction, Mr Baladasan holds 46,153 Shares in the Company, which represents 0.02 per cent of the Company's issued share capital.
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ANNEX
Template for notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Name
| Kestrel Partners LLP
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| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| PCA - Max Royde (non-executive director CentralNic Group plc) | ||||||||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial | ||||||||||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
| Name
| CentralNic Group plc | ||||||||||
b)
| LEI
| 213800WAVVOPS85N2205 | ||||||||||
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| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
| £0.001 Ordinary Shares
ISIN: GB00BCCW4X83
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b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Purchase | ||||||||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
Transfer
Purchase
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d)
| Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
Purchase Total 6,000 shares @ GBP 0.963
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e)
| Date of the transaction
| 30 July 2021 | ||||||||||
f)
| Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM | ||||||||||
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| Name
| Mr Don Baladasan
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| Reason for the notification
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| Position/status
| Group Managing Director (PDMR) | ||||||||||
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| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial | ||||||||||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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| Name
| CentralNic Group plc | ||||||||||
b)
| LEI
| 213800WAVVOPS85N2205 | ||||||||||
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| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
| £0.001 Ordinary Shares
ISIN: GB00BCCW4X83
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| Nature of the transaction
| Sale | ||||||||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
Transfer
Purchase
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d)
| Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
n/a - single transaction
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e)
| Date of the transaction
| 30 July 2021 | ||||||||||
f)
| Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM | ||||||||||